 Here at the fountain's sliding foot, Or at some fruit-tree's mossy root, Casting the body's vest aside, My soul into the boughs does glide: There like a bird it sits, and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings; And, till prepared for longer flight,...  Poems - Page 166by James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1881 - 222 pages
...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. Such was that happy garden state While man there walk'd without a mate ; After a place so pure and... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, ual joys invade — Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch Such was that happy Garden state While man there walk'd without a mate : After a place so pure and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...boughs does glide: There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and claps its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. Such was that happy garden-state, While man there walked without a mate ; After a place so pure aud... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1882 - 464 pages
...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then wets and claps its silver wings And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes...gardener drew. Of flowers and herbs, this dial new 1 Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, the industrious... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - Early poetry - 1985 - 324 pages
...boughs does glide: There like a bird it sits, and sings, Then whets, and combs its silver wings; And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. 8 Such was that happy garden-state, While man there walked without a mate: After a place so pure, and... | |
 | R. Wilcher - Literary Criticism - 1985 - 214 pages
...boughs does glide: There like a bird it sits, and sings, Then whets, and combs its silver wings; And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. There is a remarkable thickening of texture and deepening of tone as a bold reorientation is effected.... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 308 pages
...beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and...herbs this dial new; Where from above the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run; And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well... | |
 | Margarita Stocker - Apocalyptic literature - 1922 - 162 pages
...boughs does glide ; There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and combs its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. Here is another expression, ' a green thought in a green shade/ that, though it might in a modern appear... | |
 | Candace Waid - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 260 pages
...boughs docs glide: There, like a bird, it sits and sings, Then whets and combs its silver wings, And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. [M, 100] There is a general resemblance here, as well as an echoing of certain details. For Ralph Marvell,... | |
 | Virginia Graham - Poetry - 1996 - 260 pages
...boughs does glide: There like a bird it sits, and sings, Then whets, and combs its silver wings; 55 And, till prepared for longer flight, Waves in its plumes the various light. 58 without o mote - as Adam was, before the creation of Eve. 60 meet - Genesis 1:18. God made a 'help... | |
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